Levine’s ‘vestigial’ nipples led to 55 FCC complaints. LOL It’s tough to know whether to laugh or cry that in the year 2019 we still have people dedicated to emailing the FCC when they see something they don’t like on TV, but here we are.

This year there were 94 PAGES of complaints filed regarding what came across viewers’ televisions during the Super Bowl, many of which had to do with the trailer for Us airing early and scaring kids — but that’s not what we’re here to discuss. Today we’re...

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I’ve been FOIAing viewer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission about the Super Bowl every year since M.I.A. flipped off the world in 2012, and this edition was bountiful indeed, drawing the most complaints since that first year. The FCC received 94 complaints regarding last month’s CBS broadcast, and 58 of those took issue with Maroon 5's halftime show—specifically, lead singer Adam Levine’s bare chest. America still has a very complicated relationship with nipples.